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Cannes Debuts “Che Guevara: The Last Companions” Documentary

5/8/2026

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The Cannes Film Festival in France premiered the documentary “Che Guevara: The Last Companions,” directed by Christophe Dimitri Réveille.
The film follows three of Guevara’s surviving comrades who continued fighting after his death.
Guevara was shot and killed in October 1967 in a Bolivian village school, with six of his fighters hiding in nearby trees as helicopters searched.
The documentary opens with people filing past Guevara’s body, some taking photographs.

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The Cannes Film Festival in France premiered the documentary “Che Guevara: The Last Companions,” directed by Christophe Dimitri Réveille.
The film follows three of Guevara’s surviving comrades who continued fighting after his death.
Guevara was shot and killed in October 1967 in a Bolivian village school, with six of his fighters hiding in nearby trees as helicopters searched.
The documentary opens with people filing past Guevara’s body, some taking photographs.